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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.






2. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component






3. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed






4. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval






5. The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact






6. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.






7. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c






8. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break






9. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component






10. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements






11. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector






12. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates






13. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.






14. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones






15. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken






16. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






17. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






18. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.






19. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






20. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






21. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






22. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines






23. A source of variation that is inherent in the system and predictable. on a control chart - it appears as part of the random process variation and is indicated by random pattern of points within the control limits. also referred to as random cause






24. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram






25. Deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables






26. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities






27. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service






28. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle






29. Person or organization that is actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project






30. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.






31. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project






32. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






33. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully






34. A product - result or service generated by a process






35. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






36. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






37. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance






38. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities






39. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes






40. Graphic display of schedule related information.






41. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project






42. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.






43. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.






44. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.






45. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.






46. The process of completing each project procurement






47. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






48. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p






49. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






50. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.